best spray Paint for high humidity.

[Robert81]

I need some recommendations for a paint type and brand that will work well in high humidity.

In my area the humidity gets really high, and stays there all winter. I'm talking in the high 80% range.

I don't have an airbrush or paint booth and I need to be able to get it at an average auto parts store.

Please help, I don't want to stop finishing Models over the winter.

Edited December 11, 2008 by Robert81

[Jantrix]

I'm in Florida where humidity is high 8 months of the year. I have better luck with Duplicolor lacquers (painting at night) but regardless most of the time I still get a "blush" in the paint. Most of the time it will polish out though. Enamels take forever to dry and acrylics seem to dry very matte that even polishing doesn't fix.

[E St. Kruiser50]

I need some recommendations for a paint type and brand that will work well in high humidity.

In my area the humidity gets really high, and stays there all winter. I'm talking in the high 80% range.

I don't have an airbrush or paint booth and I need to be able to get it at an average auto parts store.

Please help, I don't want to stop finishing Models over the winter.

Good luck on that one Robert

I live in Oregon where the humidity is 100% alot of the time (Raining) .

All paints just loves to absorb moisture. A common frustration and anomaly with all paints, not just rattle cans, and will do the same with paint coming out of an air brush or regular spray gun.

Blushing will always be a problem, spraying under the conditions you describe.

To me, buying a good quality spray paint like Duplicolor, that was suggested here, is great advise.

I'd stay away from the cheaper brands that some recommend, as I've seen the results in contest and shows, and while they look good here on the forum, up close and personal is a different story

and you'll probably continue to be dissapointed with your results, especially when the "Cheaper" brand blushes. You get what you pay for.

I hope this helps along with any other advise you get - dave

[Robert81]

Thanks for the suggestions. I use Dupli-color almost exclusively. It has been suggested that I use a heat lamp to "bake" the paint after spraying, to help reduce the amount of "blushing" that happens.

[E St. Kruiser50]

Thanks for the suggestions. I use Dupli-color almost exclusively. It has been suggested that I use a heat lamp to "bake" the paint after spraying, to help reduce the amount of "blushing" that happens.

Be very careful as heatlamps will soften and warp the plastic, which I'm sure you already know.

Good luck - dave

[Mike Chernecki]

Robert,

I noticed you are from Williams Lake. I was living in Kamloops a few years back, so conditions would be similar. Back then I used the Dupli-color sprays (not the big full size cans) from Canadian Tire. I had better results in the winter than in summer. I would warm the can in hot water, then right after I finished painting I put the painted body in the oven on lowest setting (lucky to have an extra stove). I would let it bake for an hour or so. Need to be careful since each oven may have a hotter low setting.

[Robert81]

Hey Mike, good to meet you.

I get My Dupli color spray paint from Crappy Tire as well, I use the small "touch up" cans and the primer. If it was not for Crappy Tire I would have no finished builds, I hate testors, I couldn't get a good paint job to save my life.

My wife would kill me if I put a model in the oven.

I think I will try the heat lamp, I will try a rat rod or two, to test how well it works.

[Spike]

the testors enamels are junk, but the laqures are real good paints. ive been useing that a lot lately and love it

[Spike]

oh ya and the heat lamps work great, i got mine at the computer desk (where i do my building) so i can keep an eye on the model so it dont warp ect

[70gmcer]

Been lurking in the background here for a while & never posted. But, I also use the small cans of Dupli-Color sprays & they almost always dull. What I do is then use 2 coats of Krylon Crystal Clear Gloss over the color. Paint sand & buff. Has always turned out for me no matter what the humidity is. Goes on thin. That's what I like.

[GMP440]

I agree with Jantrix about the Duplicolor paints. They are great in humid weather. That's all I ever paint with. Advance, Pep Boys and other auto parts stores carry them.